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2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.

3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. [Colloq.]

4. (Print.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet .

Broadspread <Xpage=183>

Broad"spread` (?) , a. Widespread.

Broadspreading <Xpage=183>

Broad"spread`ing , a. Spreading widely.

Broadsword <Xpage=183>

Broad"sword` (?) , n. A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.

I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.

Broadwise <Xpage=183>

Broad"wise` (?) , adv. Breadthwise. [Archaic]

Brob <Xpage=183>

Brob (?) , n. [Cf. Gael. brog , E. brog , n.] (Carp.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.

Brobdingnagian <Xpage=183>

Brob`ding*nag"i*an (?) , a. [From Brobdingnag , a country of giants in "Gulliver's Travels."] Colossal' of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant. [Spelt often Brobdignagian .]

Brocade <Xpage=183>

Bro*cade" (?) , n. [Sp. brocado (cf. It. broccato , F. brocart ), fr. LL. brocare *prick, to figure (textile fabrics), to emboss (linen), to stitch. See Broach .] Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched.

A gala suit of faded brocade . W. Irving.

Brocaded <Xpage=183>

Bro*cad"ed (?) , a. 1. Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc.

Brocaded flowers o'er the gay mantua shine. Gay.

2. Dressed in brocade.

Brocage <Xpage=183>

Bro"cage (?) , n. See Brokkerage .

Brocard <Xpage=183>

Broc"ard (?) , n. [Perh. fr. Brocardica , Brocardicorum opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by Burkhard , Bishop of Worms, called, by the Italians and French, Brocard .] An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.

The legal brocard , "Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus," is a rule not more applicable to other witness than to consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton.

Brocatel <Xpage=183>

Bro"ca*tel (?) , n. [F. brocatelle , fr. It. brocatello : cf. Sp. brocatel . See Brocade .] 1. A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.

2. A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble , from its locality.

Brocatello <Xpage=183>

Bro`ca*tel"lo (?) , n. Same as Brocatel .

Broccoli <Xpage=183>

Broc"co*li (?) , n. [It. broccoli , pl. of broccolo sprout, cabbage sprout, dim. of brocco splinter. See Broach , n. ] (Bot.) A plant of the Cabbage species ( Brassica oleracea ) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or flowering head, is the part used for food.

Brochantite <Xpage=183>

Broch"an*tite (?) , n. [From Brochant de Villiers, a French mineralogist.] (Min.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

Broch\'82 <Xpage=183>

Bro`ch\'82" (?) , a. [F.] Woven with a figure; as, broch\'82 goods .

Broche <Xpage=183>

Broche (?) , n. [F.] See Broach , n.

Brochure <Xpage=183>

Bro*chure" (?) , n. [F., fr. brocher to stitch. See Broach , v. t. ] A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet.

Brock <Xpage=183>

Brock (?) , n. [AS. broc , fr. W. broch ; akin to Ir. & Gael. broc , Corn. & Armor. broch ; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.] (Zo\'94l.) A badger.

Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock . B. Jonson.

Brock <Xpage=183>

Brock , n. [See Brocket .] (Zo\'94l.) A brocket.

Bailey.

Brocker <Xpage=183>

Brock"er (?) , n. [OE. broket , F. broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E. broach , meaning point (hence tine of a horn).] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock .

2. (Zo\'94l.) A small South American deer, of several species ( Coassus superciliaris , C. rufus , and C. auritus ).

Brockish <Xpage=183>

Brock"ish , a. Beastly; brutal. [Obs.]

Bale.

Brodekin <Xpage=183>

Brode"kin (?) , n. [F. brodequin , OE. brossequin , fr. OD. broseken , brosekin , dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr. <?/ skin, hide. Cf. Buskin .] A buskin or half-boot. [Written also brodequin .] [Obs.]

Brog <Xpage=183>

Brog (?) , n. [Gael. Cf. Brob .] A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small ship stick.

Brog <Xpage=183>

Brog , v. t. To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle. [Scot. & Prov.]

Sir W. Scott.

Brogan <Xpage=183>

Bro"gan (?) , n. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue.

Broggle <Xpage=183>

Brog"gle (?) , v. i. [Dim. of Prov. E. brog to broggle. Cf. Brog , n. ] To sniggle, or fish with a brog. [Prov. Eng.]

Wright.

Brogue <Xpage=183>

Brogue (?) , n. [Ir. & Gael. brog shoe, hoof.] 1. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan.

&hand; In the Highlands of Scotland, the ancient brogue was made of horsehide or deerskin, untanned or tenned with the hair on, gathered round the ankle with a thong. The name was afterward given to any shoe worn as a part of the Highland costume.

Clouted brogues , patched brogues; also, brogues studded with nails. See under Clout , v. t.

2. A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.

Or take, Hibernis, thy still ranker brogue . Lloyd.

Brogues <Xpage=183>

Brogues (?) , n. pl. [Cf. Breeches .] Breeches. [Obs.]

Shenstone.

Broid <Xpage=183>

Broid (?) , v. t. To braid. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Broider <Xpage=183>

Broid"er (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Broidered (#) .] [OE. broiden , brouden , F. broder , confused with E. braid ; F. broder is either the same word as border to border (see Border ), or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. W. brathu to sting, stab, Ir. & Gael. brod goad, prickle, OE. brod a goad; and also Icel. broddr a spike, a sting, AS. brord a point.] To embroider. [Archaic]

They shall make a broidered coat. Ex. xxviii. 4.

Broiderer <Xpage=183>

Broid"er*er (?) , n. One who embroiders. [Archaic]

Broidery <Xpage=183>

Broid"er*y (?) , n. Embroidery. [Archaic]

The golden broidery tender Milkah wove. Tickell.

Broil <Xpage=183>

Broil (?) , n. [F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus , broilus , brolium , thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin; cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. pr\'d3il marsh, G. br\'81hl , MHG. brogen to rise. The meaning tumult , confusion , comes apparently from tangled undergrowth , thicket , and this possibly from the meaning to grow , rise , sprout .] A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.

I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils , place men in what situation you please. Burke.

Syn. -- Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation; dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar.

Broil <Xpage=183>

Broil , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Broiled (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Broiling .] [OE. broilen , OF. bruillir , fr. bruir to broil, burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. br\'81ejen , G. br\'81hen , to scald, akin to E. brood .] 1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.

2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.

Broil <Xpage=183>

Broil , v. i. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.

The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun. Cheyne.

Broiler <Xpage=183>

Broil"er (?) , n. One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels.

What doth he but turn broiler , . . . make new libels against the church? Hammond.

Broiler <Xpage=183>

Broil"er , n. 1. One who broils, or cooks by broiling.

2. A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling.

3. A chicken or other bird fit for broiling. [Colloq.]

Broiling <Xpage=183>

Broil"ing , a. Excessively hot; as, a broiling sun . -- n. The act of causing anything to broil.

Brokage <Xpage=183>

Bro"kage (?) , n. See Brokerage .

Broke <Xpage=183>

Broke (?) , v. i. [See Broker , and cf. Brook .] 1. To transact business for another. [R.]

Brome.

2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. [Obs.]

We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between them, Cupid said. Fanshawe.

And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honor of a maid. Shak.

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Broke <Xpage=184>

Broke (br&omac;k) , imp. & p. p. of Break .

Broken <Xpage=184>

Bro"ken (br&omac;"k'n) , a. [From Break , v. t. ] 1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.

2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface .

3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.

4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.

The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken . G. Eliot.

The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. Goldsmith.

5. Subdued; humbled; contrite.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. Ps. li. 17.

6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.

7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. "Her broken love and life."

G. Eliot.

8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.

9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.

10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English ; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting .

Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. Macaulay.

Broken ground . (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground . (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. -- Broken line (Geom.) , the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order. -- Broken meat , fragments of meat or other food. -- Broken number , a fraction. -- Broken weather , unsettled weather.

Broken-backed <Xpage=184>

Bro"ken-backed` (?) , a. 1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair .

2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.

Totten.

Broken-bellied <Xpage=184>

Bro"ken-bel`lied (?) , a. Having a ruptured belly. [R.]

Broken-hearted <Xpage=184>

Bro"ken-heart`ed (?) , a. Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.

She left her husband almost broken-hearted . Macaulay.

Syn. -- Disconsolable; heart-broken; inconsolable; comfortless; woe-begone; forlorn.

Brokenly <Xpage=184>

Bro"ken*ly , adv. In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language.

The pagans worship God . . . as it were brokenly and by piecemeal. Cudworth.

Brokenness <Xpage=184>

Bro"ken*ness , n. 1. The state or quality of being broken; unevenness.

Macaulay.

2. Contrition; as, brokenness of heart .

Broken wind <Xpage=184>

Bro"ken wind` (?) . (Far.) The heaves.

Broken-winded <Xpage=184>

Bro"ken-wind`ed , a. (Far.) Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.

Broker <Xpage=184>

Bro"ker (?) , n. [OE. brocour , from a word akin to broken , bruken , to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr. AS. br<?/can to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker , F. brocanteur . See Brook , v. t. ] 1. One who transacts business for another; an agent.

2. (Law) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage . He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own.

Story.

3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.

4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.]

5. A pimp or procurer. [Obs.]

Shak.

Bill broker , one who buys and sells notes and bills of exchange. -- Curbstone broker or Street broker , an operator in stocks (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders by running from office to office, or by transactions on the street. [U.S.] -- Exchange broker , one who buys and sells uncurrent money, and deals in exchanges relating to money. -- Insurance broker , one who is agent in procuring insurance on vessels, or against fire. -- Pawn broker . See Pawnbroker . -- Real estate broker , one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage. -- Ship broker , one who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc. -- Stock broker . See Stockbroker .

Brokerage <Xpage=184>

Bro"ker*age (?) , n. 1. The business or employment of a broker.

Burke.

2. The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker.

Brokerly <Xpage=184>

Bro"ker*ly , a. Mean; servile. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Brokery <Xpage=184>

Bro"ker*y (?) , n. The business of a broker. [Obs.]

And with extorting, cozening, forfeiting, And tricks belonging unto brokery . Marlowe.

Broking <Xpage=184>

Bro"king (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage. [Obs.]

Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak.

Broma <Xpage=184>

Bro"ma (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ food, <?/ to eat.] 1. (Med.) Aliment; food.

Dunglison.

2. A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it.

Bromal <Xpage=184>

Bro"mal (?) , n. [ Brom ine + al dehyde.] (Chem.) An oily, colorless fluid, CBr<?/.COH, related to bromoform, as chloral is to chloroform, and obtained by the action of bromine on alcohol.

Bromate <Xpage=184>

Bro"mate (?) , n. (Chem.) A salt of bromic acid.

Bromate <Xpage=184>

Bro"mate (?) , v.t. (Med.) To combine or impregnate with bromine; as, bromated camphor .

Bromatologist <Xpage=184>

Bro`ma*tol"o*gist (?) , n. One versed in the science of foods.

Bromatology <Xpage=184>

Bro`ma*tol"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/, <?/, food + -logy .] The science of aliments.

Dunglison.

Brome <Xpage=184>

Brome (?) , n. [F.] (Chem.) See Bromine .

Brome grass <Xpage=184>

Brome" grass` (?) . [L. bromos a kind of oats, Gr. <?/.] (Bot.) A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.

Bromeliaceous <Xpage=184>

Bro*me`li*a"ceous (?) , a. [Named after Olaf Bromel , a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.

Bromic <Xpage=184>

Bro"mic (?) , a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, bromine; -- said of those compounds of bromine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, bromic acid .

Bromide <Xpage=184>

Bro"mide (?) , n. (Chem.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical.

Brominate <Xpage=184>

Bro"mi*nate (?) , v. t. See Bromate , v. t.

Bromine <Xpage=184>

Bro"mine (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ bad smell, stink. Cf. Brome .] (Chem.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite.

Bromism <Xpage=184>

Bro"mism (?) , n. (Med.) A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.

Bromize <Xpage=184>

Bro"mize (?) , v. t. (Photog.) To prepare or treat with bromine; as, to bromize a silvered plate .

Bromlife <Xpage=184>

Brom"life (?) , n. [From Bromley Hill, near Alston, Cumberland, England.] (Min.) A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also alstonite .

Bromoform <Xpage=184>